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Govt ‘taking the democracy out’ of Taiwan Foundation for Democracy?

By Michael Allen on June 17, 2009

Democracy advocates are concerned at press reports that Taiwan’s Kuomintang government is planning to “purge” the country’s democracy promotion foundation of programs that could allegedly antagonize the mainland’s Communist authorities.
Reports suggest that President Ma Ying-jeou’s nationalist government plans to  replace senior staff at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. The political composition of the TFD’s leading [read full story]

Posted in Asia, China, Democracy assistance, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy promotion, promoting democracy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Responses

Testing Taiwan’s democracy

By Michael Allen on February 17, 2009

Twenty years after shedding authoritarian rule, Taiwan remains one of Asia’s most robust democracies. But questions of judicial impartiality, the dilution of constitutional checks and balances, and lack of transparency provide cause for concern, write Christopher Walker, director of studies, and Sarah Cook, Asia researcher, at Freedom House:
Taiwan has established itself as a democracy whose [read full story]

Posted in Asia, corruption | Tagged , , , | 1 Response

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